Federal Funding Of Death

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sh, 2). Bush continues by telling how this research could lead to a culture that devalues life, “a sacred gift from our Creator” (Bush, 3). Do No Harm’s statement on embryonic stem cell research points out that the ability to treat other humans is a great thing, but not all methods of doing so are morally justifiable (“Founding Statement, par. 2). This cluster of cells is a being at its earliest form of human life. Any being that is human is a human being. Because similar research methods are available that don’t bring harm to humans, an obvious answer would be to use tax dollars to fund those methods as opposed to using tax dollars to fund the death of human beings.
If the death of human beings is not reason enough for the federal government to refrain from funding embryonic stem cell research, there are also many scientific dilemmas associated with the research and the use of the stem cells. Maureen Condic describes three main scientific arguments against embryonic stem cell research. The first argument involves a negative response of the immune system when cells from one human being are transplanted into another (par. 9). The same complications occur...